Damn - it seems like a very short time ago when political conservatives were all up in arms over that darned Obama pickin them winners and losers in the energy sector.
But now this.....Trump wants to subisdize coal power plants that are failing to compete against cheaper renewable sources. Somehow I suspect his base will be as upset about this as they were about him issuing executive orders
I’m sure his base will be just as upset about this as they are about Trump’s record setting trips to the golf course... But, Obama!
Inane bitching and moaning, the Liberal way. Meanwhile, unemployment is at 3.8 percent, the lowest since April 2000. I did not hear you crybabies complaining about "executive orders" when your Daddy Obeyme was issuing them ...
Damn straight I never cried about Obama’s authority to issue executive orders. But I know plenty of people who did. I bet if you try real hard, doc, you might remember someone who did.
DonDiego is in general agreement with PJ Stroh's assessment.
It is the nature of competitive free-enterprise that there will be winners and losers; it is usually inappropriate for Government to subsidize the losers. National Defense could be a legitimate reason for the Government to intervene in such matters, . . . but it seems a stretch in this case.
For some years up heh' on the ridge, poor old DonDiego had enjoyed the sounds of the coal-train whistles echoing as the trains wound around the hills and encountered each road-intersection. Right about bedtime he could count on a southbound coal-train whistle, . . . and after a good night's sleep there'd be the wake-up whistle around 6:30am which would accompany DonDiego's morning coffee.
The whistles have pretty much disappeared o'er the last few years.
DonDiego had also been counting on being able to pick up some of the coal which inevitably fell alongside the train-tracks if'n hard times were to hit; it looks like that'll be slim pickins now.
